Tom Mueller wrote:
Thank you for the reference. In looking at Shawn's final reply on this
thread listing all of the advantages of having separate source packages,
I'm wondering about how this would read if "locale facet" or
"development facet" where substituted for "source" in them?
...
I'm still curious as to what determines whether something should be a
facet or a separate package.
Clearly, we are heading along the path that locales should be facets.
And the conclusion of that thread was that source should be separate
packages. So is there a qualitative difference between these? Or is it
just quantitative? Source is too much data? Not enough users are
interested? etc. And if quantitative, when do the numbers justify
using separate packages?
The key differences are that:
* source will be used by a small minority of users
* is not integral to the operation of the software
* has different administrative, provisioning, and process needs
* operates on a different publishing cycle for our current processes
The packages are primarily for delivering software to the user, and
delivering the source is an ancillary need.
Also, I don't believe that the same group responsible for delivering a
binary release to a repository (OpenSolaris RE) will be aware of or be
involved in the source delivery process. However, I could be wrong.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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